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Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 November 16, 1973) was a philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion. He wrote over twenty-five books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, consciousness and the pursuit of happiness, relating his experience to scientific knowledge and to the teachings of Eastern and Western religions or philosophies (Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Hinduism). Beyond this, he was sensitive to certain new leanings in the West, and was in a position to be a proponent for certain shifts in attitudes regarding society, the natural world, lifestyles, and aesthetics. Alan Watts was a well-known autodidact. He was best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Asian philosophies.
Watts was born to middle class parents in the village of Chislehurst (now in the London London Borough of Bromley), Kent, England in the year 1915. His father was a representative for the London office of the Michelin Tyre Company, his mother a housewife whose father had been a missionary. With modest financial means, they chose to live in bucolic surroundings and Alan, an only child, grew up learning the names of wild flowers and butterflies, playing beside streams, and performing funeral ceremonies for birds. Probably because of the influence of his mothers religious family, the Buchans, an interest in "ultimate things" seeped in. But it mixed with Alans own interests in storybook fables and romantic tales of the mysterious Far East. Watts also later wrote of a mystical sort of vision he experienced while ill with a fever as a child. During this time he was influenced by Far Eastern landscape paintings and embroideries that had been given to his mother by missionaries returning from China. With regard to the examples of Chinese paintings he was able to see in England, Watts wrote "I was aesthetically fascinated with a certain clarity, transparency, and spaciousness in Chinese and Japanese art. It seemed to float..." as presented in his autobiography. These works of art emphasized the participative relationship of man in nature, a theme that would be important to him throughout his life.
By his own assessment, Watts was imaginative, headstrong, and talkative. He was sent to boarding schools (which included both academic and religious training) from early years. During holidays in his teen years, Francis Croshaw, a wealthy epicurean with strong interests in both Buddhism and the exotic, little-known aspects of European culture, took Watts on a trip through France. It was not long afterward that Watts felt forced to decide between the Anglican Christianity he had been exposed to and the Buddhism he had read about in various libraries, including Croshaws. He chose Buddhism, and sought membership in the London Buddhist Lodge which had been established by Theosophists, and was now run by the barrister Christmas Humphreys. Watts became the organizations secretary at 16. The young Watts experimented with several styles of meditation during these years.
Watts attended King's School next door to Canterbury Cathedral. Though he was frequently at the top of his classes scholastically, and was given responsibilities at school, he botched an opportunity for a scholarship to Oxford by styling a crucial examination essay in a way that was read as presumptuous and capricious.
Hence, when he graduated from secondary school, Watts was thrust into the world of employment, working in a printing house and later a bank. He spent his spare time involved with the Buddhist Lodge and also under the tutelage of a "rascal guru" named Dimitrije Mitrinovi. (Mitrinovi was himself influenced by Peter Demianovich Ouspensky, G. I. Gurdjieff, and the varied psychoanalytical schools of Freud, Jung and Adler.) Watts also read widely in philosophy, history, psychology, psychiatry, and Eastern wisdom.
Through Humphreys he was able to come into contact with eminent spiritual authors (e.g., Nicholas Roerich, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan) and prominent theosophists like Alice Bailey. London afforded him considerable other opportunities, as well. He attended the World Congress of Faiths at the University of London in 1936, heard D.T. Suzuki read a paper, and afterwards was able to meet this esteemed scholar of Zen Buddhism. Besides these discussions and personal encounters, by studying the available scholarly literature, he absorbed the fundamental concepts and terminology of the main philosophies of India and East Asia. In 1936, at 21 years old, Watts got his first book published, The Spirit of Zen, which he acknowledged later to be mainly digested from the translated writings of Suzuki.
In 1938 he and his bride left England to live in America. He had married Eleanor Everett, whose mother Ruth Fuller Everett was involved with a traditional Zen Buddhist circle in New York. A few years later, Ruth Fuller married the Zen master (or "roshi"), Sokei-an Sasaki, and this Japanese gentleman served as a sort of model and mentor to Alan, though Watts chose not to remain within a formal Zen training relationship with Sasaki. During these years, according to his later writings, Watts had another mystical experience while on a walk with his wife.
Because of his need to find a professional role and his desire to sidestep Americas military draft in the early 1940s, Watts entered an Anglican (Episcopalian) school (Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, in Evanston), where he studied Christian scriptures, theology, and Church history. He attempted to work out a blend of contemporary Christian worship, mystical Christianity, and Asian philosophy. Watts was awarded a master's degree in theology in response to the thesis which he published as a popular edition under the title Behold the Spirit. The pattern was set, in that Watts did not hide his dislike for religious outlooks that he decided were dour, guilt-ridden, or militantly proselytizing, whether found within Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, or Buddhism.
All seemed to go reasonably well in his next role, as Episcopalian priest (beginning in 1945), until an extramarital affair resulted in his young wife having their marriage annulled. It also resulted in Watts leaving the ministry by 1950. He spent the New Year getting to know Joseph Campbell, his wife, Jean Eardman, and John Cage. In the spring of 1951 he moved westward to California, where he joined the faculty of the American Academy of Asian Studies, in San Francisco. Here he taught alongside Saburo Hasegawa, Frederick Spiegelberg, Haridas Chaudhuri, lama Tokwan Tada, and various visiting experts and professors. Hasegawa, in particular, served as a teacher to Watts in the areas of Japanese customs, arts, primitivism, and perceptions of nature.
Watts also studied written Chinese and practiced Chinese brush calligraphy with Hasegawa as well as with some of the Chinese students who enrolled at the Academy. While Watts was noted for an interest in Zen Buddhism, with its origins in China, his reading and discussions delved into Vedanta, "the new physics," cybernetics, semantics, process philosophy, natural history, and the anthropology of sexuality.
After heading up the Academy for a few years, Watts left the faculty for a freelance career in the mid 1950s. He began a regular radio program at Pacifica radio station KPFA in Berkeley, which was later carried by additional Pacifica stations. In 1957 he published one of his best known books, The Way of Zen, which focused on philosophical explication and history. Besides drawing on the lifestyle and philosophical background of Zen, in India and China, Watts introduced ideas drawn from general semantics (directly from the writings of Alfred Korzybski) and cybernetics (Norbert Wiener's early work on cybernetics had been recently published). Watts offered analogies from cybernetic principles possibly applicable to the Zen life. The book sold well, eventually becoming a modern classic, and helped widen his lecture circuit.
Around this time, Watts toured parts of Europe with his father, meeting the renowned psychiatrist Carl Jung. In relation to modern psychology, Watts' instincts were closer to Jung's or Abraham Maslow's than to those of Freud.
When he returned to the U.S., he began to dabble in psychedelic drug experiences, initially with mescaline given to him by Dr. Oscar Janiger. He soon tried LSD several times with various research teams led by Drs. Keith Ditman, Sterling Bunnell, and Michael Agron. He also tried DMT, later stating that it was 'like loading the Universe into a gun and firing it into your brain'. Watts books of the sixties reveal the influence of these chemical adventures on his outlook. He would later comment about drug use, "When you've got the message, hang up the phone." ([1])
For a time, Watts came to prefer writing in the language of modern science and psychology (Psychotherapy East and West is a good example), finding a parallel between mystical experiences and the theories of the material universe proposed by twentieth-century physicists. He later equated mystical experience with ecological awareness, and emphasized whichever approach seemed best suited to the audience he was addressing. Watts' explorations and teaching brought him into contact with many noted intellectuals, artists, and American teachers in the human potential movement. His friendship with poet Gary Snyder nurtured his sympathies with the budding environmental movement, to which Watts gave philosophical support. He also encountered Robert Anton Wilson, who credited Watts with being one of his 'Light[s] along the Way' in the opening appreciation of Cosmic Trigger.
In certain ways, Watts' philosophy was similar to that of Hegel, except that Watts emphasized feelings instead of abstract understanding alone, and as time went on Watts more and more sought practical and everyday applications for his outlook.
Though never affiliated for long with any one academic institution, he did have a fellowship for a couple of years at Harvard University. He also lectured to many college and university students. His lectures and books gave Watts far-reaching influence on the American intelligentsia of the 1950s-1970s. But Watts was often seen as an outsider in academia. While some college and university professors found his writing and lectures interesting, others said things like: "He's not really a scholar of Eastern philosophy. He's not that disciplined. Alan Watts doesn't teach Eastern philosophy, he teaches 'Alan Watts.'" To which he replied in numerous lectures that "the scholar who is interested in medals and prizes and not interested in the fun of it, has amazing put downs." He pointed this out with an example: "The original scholars in history were men that owned land, and being rich they had enough free time to study in their library, not for the progress of science, but for fun." Another Japanese Zen master, Maezumi Roshi, however, once remarked, "Alan Watts? He is not Zen!"--a perfectly Zen-like response that may well have delighted Watts.
Watts often alluded to or wrote about a group of neighbors in Druid Heights ([2])(near Mill Valley, California), who had used physical effort along with architecture, gardening, and carpentry skills to make a beautiful and comfortable life for themselves.
Regarding his intentions, it can be argued that Watts attempted to lessen a simple embarrassment at being human that he felt plagued the modern Westerner, and (like his fellow British expat and friend, Aldous Huxley) to lessen ill will. He felt such teaching could improve the world, at least to a degree. He also articulated the possibilities for greater incorporation of aesthetics (for example: better architecture, more art, more fine cuisine) in American life. In his autobiography he wrote, " cultural renewal comes about when highly differentiated cultures mix" (Watts, In My Own Way).
In his writings of the 1950s, he conveyed his admiration for the practicality in the historical achievements of Chan or Zen in the Far East, for it had fostered farmers, architects, builders, folk physicians, artists, and administrators among the monks who had lived in the monasteries of its lineages.
In his mature work, he presents himself as Taoist in spirit. [How to reference and link to summary or text] Child rearing, the arts, cuisine, education, law and freedom, architecture, sexuality, and the uses and abuses of technology were all of great interest to him.
On the personal level, Watts sought to resolve his feelings of discomfort and not being at home among other people or the institutions of society. But looking at society itself, he was quite concerned with the necessity for international peace, for tolerance or even understanding among disparate cultures. He also came to feel acutely conscious of a growing ecological predicament; as one instance, in the early 1960s he wrote: Can any melting or burning imaginable get rid of these ever-rising mountains of ruin especially when the things we make and build are beginning to look more and more like rubbish even before they are thrown away?" [The Joyous Cosmology]
In his writings, Watts alluded to his own political shift from Republican conservatism to a more liberal legal and political outlook. However, his opinions did not lean to the political left. He was more libertarian, distrusting both the left and right, and finding an early libertarian outlook in the Chinese sage Chuang-Tzu. He disliked much in the conventional idea of "progress". He hoped for change, but personally he preferred amiable, semi-isolated rural social enclaves, and also believed in tolerance for urban tenderloins, social misfits, and eccentric artists. Watts decried the suburbanization of the countryside and the way of life that went with it.
In one campus lecture tour, which Watts titled "The End to the Put-Down of Man", Watts presented positive images for both nature and humanity, spoke in favor of the various stages of human growth (including the teenage years), reproached excessive cynicism and rivalry, and extolled intelligent creativity, good architecture and food.
Watts felt that ethics (at least of the judgmental Judeo-Christian kind) had nothing to do with the fundamental realization of ones deep spiritual identity. He advocated social rather than personal ethics. In his writings, Watts was increasingly concerned with ethics applied to relations between humanity and the natural environment and between governments and citizens. He wrote out of an appreciation of a racially and culturally diverse social landscape. At the same time, he favored representative government rather than direct democracy (which he felt could readily degenerate into mob rule).
He often said that he wished to act as a bridge between the ancient and the modern, between East and West, and between culture and nature.
Watts led some tours for Westerners to the Buddhist temples of Japan. He also studied some movements from the traditional Chinese martial art T'ai Chi Ch'uan, with an Asian colleague, Al Chung-liang Huang. Watts lived his later years at times on a houseboat in Sausalito on San Francisco Bay and at times in a secluded cabin at Mount Tamalpais (in Fairfax). Laden with social and financial responsibilities, he struggled increasingly with alcohol addiction, which probably shortened his life. Watts died at home while asleep next to his third wife, Mary Jane Yates Watts, in 1973 at the age of 58.
A number of works have been published since his death including recordings or transcripts of recorded lectures and/or articles not listed above:
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BJJ Mental Attitude For Each Belt Level BJJ World
Posted: April 21, 2018 at 5:41 pm
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is an art that demands a lot from ones body. As with all competitive sports, Jiu-Jitsu requires practitioners to be in good physical shape. Likewise, good body awareness and coordination are essential in order to grasp the complex techniques of the sport. Unlike most sports though, the requirements of BJJ go further than the physical.As JoeRogan once put it,BJJ is complex problem solving under extreme stress. TheBJJ mental attitude is just as important as the physical component. Actually, at the highest level, it might even be more important.
Jiu-Jitsu presents people with more than just a physical challenge. The nature of the art is suchthat it requires practitioners to be mentally engaged at all times. Mental mistakes often cost more than physical ones. Furthermore, theBJJ mental attitude of the practitioners evolves along with their technical knowledge. A black belt has a completely different mindset than a blue belt, for example. Such is the complexity of Jiu-Jitsu that both the mind and the body get a workout. No wonder it is referred to as The game of human chess.
In BJJ the ranking system outlines more than technical knowledge. It doesntmatter what number of moves you know, or how efficient you are in rolling and competition. You wont progress through the BJJ belt system. The correct attitude of students is fundamental to an instructors decision to promote. It is not just general attitude on and off the mat that matters. The mental attitude of a student is also subject to grading. Not only that, but it is expected to evolve and mature along with the technical knowledge.
Along the belts, students get exposed to situations of different physical and mental difficulty. At white belt, it is crucial to guide the new student towards the right direction. The mind of awhite belt is a Blank Slate in BJJ terms, and needs to be carefully guided towards correct conclusions. Later on, more complex responsibilitiescome along with maturity in the art. As the experience grows, so does the mindset. And much like the enormous changes in technical abilities, the BJJ mental attitude changes entirely during the Jiu-Jitsu journey of students.
The mental attitude of a white belt is like that of a first grader. It is all about gathering as much info on the workings of the art as possible. This is the time to learn the BJJ alphabet. Its not yet the time to form sentences, but to learn how the letters look and how they are organized. Of course, by letters, I mean techniques and moves.
During this phase, most of the cognitive focus is placed on the technical aspect of BJJ. Learning the basics of the art requires the careful guidance of instructors and the help of more experienced training partners. As with all things new, the beginning phase of BJJ is the toughest one both physically and mentally.
A white belt has to come to terms with the fact that they cant learn everything by the time they get to blue belt. Therell be a lot left to discover, later on, so try to focus on the very basics. You wont understand much, but dont let that worry you. Rolling is notoriously difficult during this time and this is reflected in the mental attitude. Just make sure you learn the letters and survive, and youre on the right mental track.
Your BJJ mental attitude phase is now unconscious incompetence.
As your experience grows and your knowledge of technique increases, so does your mind. Your mental game should develop and evolve along with your technical game.
At blue belt, you have more tools than at white. Now you know the alphabet and can try to formulate words. Keep in mind that sentences are still somewhat far away. A blue belt usually has one or more favorite moves that are the centerpiece of their game. However, as much as you think youve got these moves down, the truth is you dont. Huge gaps still exist in your technical game, and your inability to recognize them demonstrates that your mental attitude is on the same level.
Despite increased knowledge and understanding, blue belts still make fundamental mistakes. In a mental attitude context, they lack the information to successfully put things together. This leads to inconsistent performances and can result in developing erroneous habits. It is important for instructors to be aware of the lack of cohesion in a blue belts game, and lead them accordingly.
Inconsistent performances hugely affect self-confidence. The most important point to take away is that this is normal and expected. Recognizing the limits of your abilities is a step towards the right direction.
You are now fully consciously incompetent.
A purple belt is now fully equipped to put together strong sentences. Their BJJ mental attitude is one of clarity. This is the first period when BJJ starts to make sense.
Technically speaking, your game goes beyond just moves now. Weight distribution, utilization of angles and a more conceptual approach come into the spotlight. Attacks are now more complex with a view towards anticipation of the opponents reactions. A huge aspect of a purple belts game is fighting from the bottom.
A purple belts most characteristic mark is fluidity. Movement is continuous as a result of a clear mindset. During this period, students know what theyre doing, but more importantly, when to do it. Timing is a huge accomplishment for any student, and a purple belt is when most succeed in achieving it. The main goal of a purple belt is smooth movement and execution of techniques while being completely aware of what is happening.
On a personal level, purple belt is the most defining period in a students game. As your technical game takes shape, so does your mental one.Congratulation, you are now in the conscious competence phase.
Efficiency best describes the brown belt. Now you can write complex essays with apparent ease. You may pick up a move just by seeing it. PIcking the move up is done both physically and mentally. It is not just your body that can learn fast at this point your mind does too. This connection allows for the successful integration of a new move in a brown belts game.
You can now not only learn a new move quickly but see all the follow-up possibilities that might stem from it. This gives your abilities the take place before your complete comprehension of a situation. That is why brown belts seem to easily shrug off most counters and/or defenses of their opponents. Consistency is key at brown belt and tapping out is scarce. Just dont let this get you off the tracks when it inevitably happens. After all, youre not fully mature just yet.
As far as BJJ mental attitude goes, you have become unconsciously competent. Almost there!
Talk about as close to perfection as possible. Complete awareness is best suited to describe a black belts abilities. Of course, were talking about both mental and physical abilities. Now you dont just know, you can think in a way that allows you to modify and/or create new moves or techniques.
This ability is not limited to techniques though. it is not a coincidence that most game-changing philosophies of Jiu-Jitsu come from longtime black belts. Purple and brown belts can also invent or modify moves, but they cant get the whole picture. A black belt has the ability to completely improve a whole part of the art, giving inspiration to others to do the same.
It is as easy as being happy. A black belt does BJJ for the love of it. Although someone can fall in love with Jiu-Jitsu from the start, the understanding only comes with the black belt. And understanding is a sign of maturity. You are now on top of the BJJ mental attitude hierarchy pyramid.
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Posted: April 18, 2018 at 5:45 pm
Clydes relaxed, calming and loving style was an inspiration to me throughout the program. His genuine belief that happiness is a choice was clearly articulated and convincingly put forward. His non directive and inclusive approach towards the group was balanced and effective. Without doubt, a master facilitator.Wayne Thomas, Learning & Development Consultant, England
Clyde delivers the teachings with great clarity, conviction and fun. He comes from a place of genuine understanding and humility and invites you to step forward with trust and honesty. He is brilliant at creating a safe learning place that is easeful and profound.Starr Cornell, Administrative Assistant, Great Barrington, MA
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About | University Hospitals | Cleveland, OH
Posted: April 16, 2018 at 9:44 pm
In 1993, University Hospitals developed a new strategy and model for healthcare delivery. This new approach called for University Hospitals to better meet the healthcare needs of a significant portion of northeast Ohio through geographic expansion and an increase in the types of services we offer.
In the process University Hospitals was transformed from a traditional, single-site academic medical center into broad-based University Hospitals:
Today, University Hospitals is one of the nations leading health care systems, providing high-quality, patient-centered medical care at locations throughout Northeast Ohio.
Committed to advanced care and advanced caring, University Hospitals offers the regions largest network of primary care physicians, outpatient centers and hospitals. The System also includes a network of specialty care physicians, skilled nursing, elder health, rehabilitation and home care services, managed care and insurance programs, occupational health & wellness, and the most comprehensive behavioral health services in the region.
The Systems 1032-bed, tertiary medical center, University Hospitals, is an affiliate of Case Western Reserve University. Included in UH are University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Childrens Hospital, among the nations best childrens hospitals; University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, part of National Cancer Institute-designated Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University (the nation's highest designation); and University Hospitals MacDonald Womens Hospital, Ohios only hospital for women.
More than 24,000 physicians and employees constitute University Hospitals and its partnership hospitals, ranking it Northeast Ohios second largest private sector employer. UH performs more than 4.5 million outpatient procedures and nearly 63,000 inpatient discharges annually.
University Hospitals goal is to provide comprehensive primary and community-based carethe kind of health care people need mostas well as access to the highest quality specialty care when necessary.
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What is Spiritual Coaching and Healing?
Posted: at 9:43 pm
Want to learn about an approach to life coaching and healing that brings depth of spirit down to earth?Classes that combine spiritual coaching and healing provide a unique opportunity to transform lives with the kind of power only a spiritual approach can offer.
From a holistic perspective that integrates the body, emotions, mind, and spirit, the spiritual level is the deepest, the most profound, and the most instrumental in creating a fabulously rewarding and fulfilling life.
Everyone has heard of coaching. Coaches help people to create and achieve goals in all areas of life. The practice of coaching has experienced exponential growth during the last two decades. That being said, most people dont know much about spiritual coaching and healing courses.
Coaching courses that include spiritual healing now help people to make transformational shifts in all areas of life with life coaching, success coaching, performance coaching, holistic coaching, and spiritual coaching, to name just a few.
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A helping hand can change lives in surprisingly profound ways.
What could be more fulfilling? The emergence of the fields of holistic and spiritual coaching has helped untold numbers of people to create lives that transcend their previous limits. With spiritual coaching and healing courses, you can discover the keys for creating the life you were born to live and guide others to do the same. Miracles can become daily occurrences as you learn to bring spirit into form is profoundly simple ways.
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Seeking is an integral part of who we are. Whether we realize it or not, we are on a quest and life is a beautiful adventure of self-discovery.
Spiritual coaching and healing courses put life into the context of this quest, where we connect with the divine wisdom of spirit as our guide. A holistic/spiritual coach and healer views the challenges his/her clients encounter as synchronous opportunities for expansion and transformation. Healing inner blocks at a spiritual level enables clients to progress in miraculous ways by drawing on inner resources they dont yet realize they have. In this regard
The spiritual Journey is a beautiful becoming.
From a spiritual perspective, there are no limits to what is possible. The essence of the spiritual journey revolves around tapping into spiritual power for overcoming boundaries we place on ourselves, our purpose, and our full potential. Interestingly, few people understand how to do this and even fewer actually take the steps required to bring spirit into form. Regardless, anyone can experience the miraculous power of spiritual healing which is an essential part of spiritual coaching.
As we describe in our book Getting Thru to Your Soul, this perspective opens us to the infinite, where anything is possible, where you can truly create the life of your dreams. The process of spiritual unfolding is also holistic, embracing the body, emotions, mind, and spirit.
1. Helping clients to believe in themselves. When we understand ourselves as spiritual beings having a physical experience as Pierre Teilhard de Chardin suggested, we also recognize that we are magnificent individuals with infinite potential. When this happens, life takes on new meaning.
2. Showing clients how to take control of their lives. Most people are running on auto-pilot, controlled by what they have been taught to believe and what others expect of them. For their magnificence to blossom, they have to take control, access the spiritual power that resides within, and change course.
3. Teaching clients to understand their life purpose. Spiritually, each of us is here for a reason, with magnificent gifts to share. Learning about ourselves and learning to live in harmony with our lifes purpose is a tremendous gift.
4. Guiding clients to realize their purpose. This involves setting goals and taking action to realize their dreams. As they do this, life truly takes on new meaning.
5. Uplifting clients to live to the fullest. Think about the joy of feeling excited about being alive each day and moving toward your brightest possible future. This is a gift you can give to yourself and to others as a spiritual coach.
The essence of spiritual coaching and healing is tuning into the spiritual journey, helping people to discover and embrace the magnificence of their true identities, and to bring spirit fully into form. This approach is holistic, integrating the body, emotions, mind, and spirit.
Then you are embarking on a magical journey.
If this is your dream, nothing can be more fulfilling than helping people to realize their purpose and experience the joy of being fully alive. You can help them to set goals that are motivating, joyful and exciting; clear blockages that stand in their way; and take steps to make their dreams a reality.
Spiritual coaching and healing involves shifting into a different reality (Refer to The Ultimate Paradigm Shift), where clients can tune into their magnificence by accessing the souls inner guidance and wisdom. The coach listens, motivates, and takes delight in exploring the clients dreams and true identity.
The ultimate goal is to provide tools to help clients to become fully independent. This leads them to self-actualization, so they can to continue forward into their bright futures and realize their dreams.
Now you can learn a holistic approach to spiritual coaching and healing along with other powerful modalities.
Awakenings Institute offers a unique Holistic/Spiritual Coaching and Healing Certification Program with EFT. Combining a spiritual and holistic approach to coaching with powerful healing techniques likeEFT (the Emotional Freedom Techniques) produces extraordinary results.
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If you are looking for training, a great place to start is with the Holistic EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Home-Study Certification Training Course. You can go at your own pace with this high-quality, affordable program, which you can do from any location. A holistic approach to energy with EFT will help you quickly gain clarity and competency in spiritual coaching./
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Welcome to Sivananda Ashram and Beacon Yoga Centre
Posted: at 9:41 pm
Sivananda Yoga is more than just exercises. It is a synthesis of body, mind and spirit through knowledge and spiritual practices.
We have a timetable that caters for most needs.
2018 Term 1 started 15th Jan
Next Term starts 12th March
CASUALS WELCOME
Our Yoga Hall is a unique venue that is most suitable for Retreats and Seminars. It has a seating capacity of around 100 people.
Venue Hire
Affordable on-site Accommodation can be arranged. Our venue is in peaceful surroundings and within walking distance to South Beach and Fremantle.Retreat Stays
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Our Next Yoga day is
March 24th
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